PROFITABILITY CALCULATOR

The Cost of Standing Still

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Sometimes the fix isn’t, “more revenue!” “more sales!”

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Utilization Audit | The 128 Collective
128 Collective
FORM MLA‑01
DELIVERY MARGIN AUDIT
Utilization Audit

Let’s Find Your Missing Ingredient.

If there was opportunity for you to quickly recover some profit for your organization, would you want to know?

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Billable hours ÷ available hours, team avg
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Unsure? 75% is a solid starting benchmark — SPI Research, 2025
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NO EMAIL REQUIRED  —  DIRECTIONAL ESTIMATE ONLY
Margin Leak Identified
$0

— that's an estimated 0% of your revenue, from work you've already sold.

Utilization gap$0
Scope creep & overruns$0
These are 2 of the 28 delivery health factors we evaluate when we work with agencies directly — and they're rarely the ones costing you the most.
EST. BASED ON YOUR INPUTS + SPI RESEARCH 2025 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MATURITY BENCHMARK (403 FIRMS). DIRECTIONAL, NOT AUDITED.
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Common Margin Recovery Flags We Fix

  • Projects consistently run over budget

  • Teams are always busy but profits are shrinking

  • Scope creep is becoming the norm

  • Clients ask for updates you can't answer quickly

  • Work gets stuck waiting on someone

  • Work rely on one person remembering everything

  • Teams duplicate work or redo work

  • Too many manual tasks

  • Deadlines are regularly missed

  • Team capacity is a guessing game

  • Delivery costs keep increasing

  • Reporting takes hours instead of minutes

  • Every client engagement feels different

  • New hires take months to become productive

  • Technology isn't talking to each other

  • You suspect AI or automation could help, but don't know where to start

When You’re Better Served By a Specialist

You trusted us to help your business. Our promise is to not bite off more than we can chew. The following is a list of items that are occasionally surfaced in our analyses, and we believe there are pro’s out there who will get you further. We’ve compiled a thoroughly vetted list of trusted companies and will help match you with a referral for your exact use case as needed.

  • Charlie Covert

    Emotive Strategic

  • OpsanaHR

  • Mermaid Marketing

    Perlee Digital

    Delta Digital

  • Kung Fu Marketing

  • Perlee Digital

    SafeMode Studios

  • Phil Gerard, Sales Xceleration

  • Decimal

  • Analytics4Growth

  • Anchor & Oak Strategies

  • TR Edwards Consultancy

  • The Lazy Millennial

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